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[German Version] I. The Concept – II. Economic Systems and their Theories – III. Economy and Religion I. The Concept The term economy encompasses the totality of all individual actions and social interactions that serve to produce goods (commodities or services [Service sector]) for the purpose of satisfying human needs (Consumption). As a rule, the “production” of commodities means that human labor and …

[German Version] 1. Gottlieb Wilhelm (Dec 19, 1771, Ostelsheim – Jan 29, 1846, Korntal). Hoffmann regarded as his intellectual father and model the already elderly Gottlieb Friedrich Machtholf (1735–1800), who once brought him…

[German Version] (Jan 20, 1874, Frauenzimmern – Aug 30, 1958, Tübingen), born and raised in a pastor's family which was strongly under the influence of Pietism. Heim passed through Württemberg's classical propaedeutic-theological training centers (seminaries at Schönthal and Urach, Tübingen Stift [Tübingen: II], among others). After working as a curate and a lecturer, he became a traveling secretary for the Deutsche Christliche Studentenvereinigung (DCSV; German Christian Student Alliance) in Berl…

[German Version] I. History of the Concept – II. Bible and Theology – III. Systematic and Practical Theology I. History of the Concept Beauty – Gk τὸ καλόν/ tó kalón, Lat. pulchritudo/pulcher, Ger. die Schönheit, Fr. la beauté – is the positive aesthetic attraction which an object exercises on the beholder by virtue of its felicitous form. In contemplative, aesthetic, and erotic experience beauty is experienced as harmonious and stimulating, as something that kindles enthusiasm and gives delight thus leading to a heightened attention and attraction to the object. From the beginni…

[German Version] I. Confession – II. Church History – III. Methodist World Mission…

[German Version] To deal with the challenges to systematic theology raised by the history of religions, Wobbermin, a disciple of Ritschl, conceived a theory of theology based on the psychology (VII) of religion, which he viewed as a contemporary extension of the fundamental insights of the Lutheran Reformation (“Faith and God belong together”: Luther, Large Catechism…